Contemplating Aloud

  I had a soft banter at work a few weeks ago! Is calmness important or activity important ?  My nature is to lean towards a more laidback approach when given a choice, but for the joy of wordplay, and the arguable habit of mildly annoying another (anyone with siblings will understand) with good intent though, I said activity. On a more serious note, both are important. One complements the other. Being able to stay calm is a superpower. If you are spending energy on an activity, but restless in the mind, you will not be efficient.  In fact most people do not even know how restless they actually are. One of my teachers told me, "you will know how restless you are when you start meditating." I did not believe at the time, but he was so right! I could not sit for more than 2 minutes! It took me almost a year to have some level of confidence to say I can sit in silence for 10 minutes. (And honestly, 10 minutes of deep silence has more benefits than what I expected) You can se...

  We hear a lot about "being grounded". They say, one should be grounded, but most people do not explain what they mean. Others assume being grounded is the same as being humble. Humility is important, being grounded is very different from humility.  Its not an abstract concept. Examples and analogies simplify the task of explaining. Imagine an electrical circuit with a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The circuit works when current flows from positive terminal to the negative terminal.  The head, where the ideas for our actions originate is the positive terminal, the heart, the place of satisfaction is the negative terminal. We are grounded when the actions we take satisfy the desires of our heart. The link between these two is our will.   The principle is when you act using your will to satisfy the legitimate desires of your heart through agreeable methods, you are grounded. In other words, your actions should be in accordance with your will. Your he...